Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Vonda N. McIntyre continues the bestselling Star Wars saga as the ultimate space adventure unfolds in <...
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Dec 05, 2011
Sebastien
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Suite à ma première lecture d'un roman en anglais j'ai constaté que si je voulais avoir plus de roman de la Guerre des Étoiles, je devais m'efforcer de lire en anglais. Donc j'ai lâché un coup de fils à mon amis Dave Adams et il me dit qu'il avait fini de lire un des roman de Star Wars qu'il avait commander du SC-Fiction Book Club. Je pars en courant le rejoindre (il restait près de chez moi) et je met la main sur mon prochain roman post-trilogie.
L'histoire se passe quasiment 20 ans More...
L'histoire se passe quasiment 20 ans More...
Jul 23, 2010
Crystal Starr Light
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You know something is wrong when Leia says "Piloting was more fun than being a Jedi!"
Oh no! Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin have been kidnapped on Munto Codru, while their mother, Leia, is touring the more peaceful worlds of the New Republic. The official on Munto Codru are convinced it is a "normal" kidnapping, but Leia thinks otherwise and leaves with Chewie and Artoo to find her children. Meanwhile, Han and Luke go vacationing to Crseih Station in pursuit of Jedi.
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Oh no! Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin have been kidnapped on Munto Codru, while their mother, Leia, is touring the more peaceful worlds of the New Republic. The official on Munto Codru are convinced it is a "normal" kidnapping, but Leia thinks otherwise and leaves with Chewie and Artoo to find her children. Meanwhile, Han and Luke go vacationing to Crseih Station in pursuit of Jedi.
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Jun 28, 2010
Guy
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I love Star Wars books. They're somewhat of a guilty pleasure, for me the extended universe is a fun little getaway place where something fun is always happening.
Except in The Crystal Star. Good Lord, this book is terrible. Do you remember Q from Star Trek? The guy who could travel through space/time with a thought and possessed omnipotent, omniscient power? Well, imagine a Star Wars version of Q that is an amorphous stinky blob with a series of severe mental handicaps.
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Except in The Crystal Star. Good Lord, this book is terrible. Do you remember Q from Star Trek? The guy who could travel through space/time with a thought and possessed omnipotent, omniscient power? Well, imagine a Star Wars version of Q that is an amorphous stinky blob with a series of severe mental handicaps.
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Nov 28, 2009
Paul
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It is my opinion that the time when this book was published, was a black era for the Star Wars novels line. From the high standards set by Timothy Zahn, to the very decent Kevin J. Anderson and X-Wing novels of the time, it was most probable that the ineveitable dip in quality would happen.
The book suffers from the fact that there is little to no character development within its pages. When this is coupled with the fact a lot of the major players are written out of character, a good More...
The book suffers from the fact that there is little to no character development within its pages. When this is coupled with the fact a lot of the major players are written out of character, a good More...
Dec 07, 2011
Alanna
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I love Star Wars, and am currently reading through the entire collection books, and every now and then, I read some that seem to take forever to get through. When reading a book, especially a Star Wars book, you know something is wrong.
All the characters are ill written, and seem like completely different people. There is a golden shelled thing that is implied to be a demon. What is up with that? There are somethings that just DON'T mesh with Star Wars, and demons (along with the zombie at More...
All the characters are ill written, and seem like completely different people. There is a golden shelled thing that is implied to be a demon. What is up with that? There are somethings that just DON'T mesh with Star Wars, and demons (along with the zombie at More...
Sep 09, 2009
I vaguely remember that in this book there is some sort of 'crystalizing star' or some other stupid crap like that. And it was messing with the fabric of space time. As if traveling at faster than light speed and ignoring relativity didn't already show that there is no such thing like a realistic space-time in star wars.
Luke Skywalker had to stop this crystalizing star from destroying the entire universe. The whole thing felt much more "Star Trek" than "Star Wars." More...
Luke Skywalker had to stop this crystalizing star from destroying the entire universe. The whole thing felt much more "Star Trek" than "Star Wars." More...
Jan 12, 2012
Bradley
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Bad Luke and Han characterisations. Leia's kids kidnapped, dumb attempts to retrieve them including woeful disguise. Crazy shit happening on Crystal Star thingy. Luke's lightsaber is blue. More Darth Vader apprentices than one can sneeze at. Waru. Waru!! WARU!!! At least Struzan drew a pretty cover....
This is how Star Wars authors are chosen: The folks at Lucasbooks (or whatever the fuck they call themselves these days) read the works of established Sci-Fi writers and offer the ones More...
This is how Star Wars authors are chosen: The folks at Lucasbooks (or whatever the fuck they call themselves these days) read the works of established Sci-Fi writers and offer the ones More...
Mar 04, 2009
Ari
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This was a really good book. Sometimes its hard to forget that Vader did not kill all jedi, just the good ones. The Solo kids are kidnapped by Hethrir, an evil jedi, who wants to sacrafice Anakin to Waru in-order to increase his, Hethrir's connection to the force. Leia goes after them while Han and Luke go on a mission. Natuarlly at the end all story arcs colide and a great ending. McInryre does a great job of story telling and this book really is a lot of fun.
Oct 22, 2009
Travis
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Painfully bad on so many levels. Characterization is weak and most of the heroes are written out of character, yet another weak plot device that messes with the force, so Luke is rendered useless and too many overly cute bits with the kids.
Han's youngest sons love for c-3po is cute, but that's not enough to save this train wreck of a book.
Is this the same Vonda McIntyre that wrote those great STar Trek books? What the hell happened to her?
Han's youngest sons love for c-3po is cute, but that's not enough to save this train wreck of a book.
Is this the same Vonda McIntyre that wrote those great STar Trek books? What the hell happened to her?
Jul 06, 2011
Mark
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I don't remember anything bad about this book. I don't remember anything good about it. It's one of those "lost" EU books - a one-shot or small series that, for whatever reason, was just never quite integrated into any of the bigger, grander plots.
Funny enough, if you're a huge enough nerd to check (and I'm not going to pretend that I am not such a nerd) all such novels take place from 14-17 ABY. Slow news years, I guess.
Funny enough, if you're a huge enough nerd to check (and I'm not going to pretend that I am not such a nerd) all such novels take place from 14-17 ABY. Slow news years, I guess.
Sep 29, 2010
Eric
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Jul 27, 2011
Note this is not the best star wars book.BUt worst ever come on people have you not read truce at bakura and courtship .
To the guy who said it was the longest uh no maybe the shortest Dark force rising (written before crystal star) is 439 pages ,Crystal star is only 260 very very short
To the guy who said it was the longest uh no maybe the shortest Dark force rising (written before crystal star) is 439 pages ,Crystal star is only 260 very very short
Jul 27, 2011
probably the worst star wars book of them all. and lets face it they aren't generally all that great anyway. this one drags, has a boring ineffectual bad guy and no real point except money grabbing filler installment. the kids have a passible couple of chapters, but overall bad.
2/10
2/10
Feb 19, 2009
Walt
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I have read this book at least twice and remember very little.
The bad guys are hard to accept. It is fuzy where their power comes from. It is hard to conceptualize their plans. The Crystal Star is also hard to understand. The whole book is just hard to understand.
The bad guys are hard to accept. It is fuzy where their power comes from. It is hard to conceptualize their plans. The Crystal Star is also hard to understand. The whole book is just hard to understand.
Sep 13, 2011
Elaine
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I enjoyed parts of it, but the kids were too cute and it was another 'make Luke unable to do anything so he needs to be rescued' book, so I was not as impressed as I hoped to be. Good thing I got the book quite cheaply at a jumble sale. It will be donated again soon.
Jan 29, 2011
Daniel
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It's an excellent science fiction novel...but it's a very cold and uninteresting Star Wars novel. Ms. McIntyre doesn't seem to have the same touch with the George Lucas universe that she has with the Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. Recommended only for completists.
Jan 05, 2010
Ron
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If not the worst, then one of the worst Star Wars books. Derivative, repetitive plot. (Getting tired of secret dark-side disciples of Palpatine or Vader. What happened to the Rule of Two?)
Cute idea voicing a five year old's POV, but McIntyre should have spent more time with five year olds. She portrayed Jaina as capable of physics beyond many high school graduates.
Cute idea voicing a five year old's POV, but McIntyre should have spent more time with five year olds. She portrayed Jaina as capable of physics beyond many high school graduates.
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Jun 22, 2010
Wesley
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Okay, I'm pretty good at understanding weird and bizarre Sci-fi plots, but this one made my head spin. It did not work as a Star Wars novel and though I actually read this book over 12 years ago, I want that lost time back.
Apr 09, 2010
Richard
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I read a lot of Star Wars novels in Jr. High. It took a few dozen books before I realized many of them just weren't all that stellar. Ah, well, I'll squirrel away the memories on the internet and free up a book shelf.
Jul 24, 2011
Angela
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I think this was the book that made me hate Star Wars during those brief Dark Years of 1998-2004. But then again, I'm not sure; I read so many terrible Star Wars tie-in novels before 1998 that it's hard to pinpoint which one did it.
Jul 30, 2011
Heather
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I particularly enjoyed this book. Of course, I love anything involving Jaina Solo, and it was great to see the young Solo children dealing with their kidnapping and getting into mischief. ^_^
Jan 29, 2009
Donsmaniac
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Without a doubt the most boring star wars book i have ever read!! and i love star wars. stupid plot that starts with strange and gets wierder. piece of rubbish
Nov 11, 2009
Marietta
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This book is so bad. The entire plotline is weird and flawed, with a really, really odd baddie. I'd recommend giving everything SW book by this author a miss.
Sep 27, 2011
I read half of this a long time ago, and it was awful. Never finished it, so I need to go back and try to get through it. *le sigh*
Jun 24, 2011
Lauren
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For some reason this has been one of my favorite books in the Star wars EU series for years. It's one of the few I felt compelled to buy.
Feb 10, 2011
Elon
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Another bang-up addition to the already bloated expanded universe. I like that these authors basically write a standard science fiction story and just use names that correspond to characters from the films and suddenly it's an official LucasFilm licensed book. CHA-CHING.
Dec 12, 2008
Joseph
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This book wasn't as confuzzling as The Children of the Jedi, but I got lost anyway. It was confusing, and it focused more on Leia and her children, rather than Luke, which I was not a fan of.
Dec 09, 2008
Possibly one of the worst Star Wars books I've ever read...and that's saying something.
May 17, 2008
Elizabeth
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Oh dear, I saw this pop up in the "Most Unpopular" book list, and I felt bad for the author but...I couldn't really argue with that rating. It's probably not helpful to say "Well compared to some OTHER Star Wars books it's not THAT bad..." ("Courtship of Princess Leah" for example....yeech....)
Still, this wasn't one of those books that I regretted reading (You know, when you get done and you think "Well there's a chunk of time I'll never get back... More...
Still, this wasn't one of those books that I regretted reading (You know, when you get done and you think "Well there's a chunk of time I'll never get back... More...
Feb 09, 2011
It was just as good as I remember from the fifth grade! Don't judge I'm on vacation!
